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Beautiful gift-quality set!
Marvelous full leather & original bindings!
The History of England,
From The Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688.
& From The Revolution in 1688 to The Death of Geroge II, &
The History of The Reign of George III to The Termination of The Late War.
Publication Date: 1816
Publisher: Albany: D. Packard
Author: Hume, David; Smollett, Tobias; Bisset, Robert.
Binding: Original bindings of full calf leather. Leather remains supple & strong. 5 raised bands per spine with gilt accents. Dual leather spine labels on each volume~ one red, one black. All are present and bright. 8vo. volumes measure 9" x 5 1/4".
Description: This set contains Hume's History of England, Smollett's continuation, and Bisset's further continuation. Each volume contains an engraved frontispiece portrait. Volume II contains an additional 2 engraved portraits, and Volume IV contains an additional engraved portrait as well as foldout document fascimile. Some foxing, generally confined to endpapers, frontispieces, title pages. Some offsetting to text, but quite clean.
In regards to Hume's England: "This work has enjoyed the rank of a classic in historical literature from the day of its completion to the present time. In point of clearness, elegance, and simplicity of style it has never been surpassed" (Adams). First published between 1754 and 1761, Hume's History of England was "the first significant study to embrace all of English history and the first broad historical survey in English that properly rates as a work of literature Hume was the first historian to consider such things as manners, commerce, finance, and arts and sciences at length and the first to give them in some cases greater importance than kings and battles" (Day). His literary ability made the book incomparably superior to the diluted party pamphlets or painful compilations which had hitherto passed for history His brief remarks upon the social and economical conditions of the time were then an original addition to mere political history. The dignity and clearness of the style are admirable. The book thus became, as it long continued to be, the standard history of England, and has hardly been equaled in literary merit" (DNB).
Additional Notes: Beautiful collector's set of this classic historical work! Marvelous original leather bindings! An excellent addition to any library, and/or a memorable gift!
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